Single variable domain antibody targeting human programmed death ligand 1 (pd-l1) and derivative thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided are a single variable domain antibody targeting a human programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and a derivative thereof. A single variable domain antibody 2-2F2 specific for human PD-L1 is identified and obtained by extracting PBMCs from a camel immunized with human PD-L1, constructing a phage surface displayed VHH antibody library, and screening said VHH antibody library. On said basis, a chimeric antibody chF2 and a humanized modified antibody hzF2 variant are prepared. The hzF2 variant possesses affinity comparable or even superior to that of the original single variable domain antibody 2-2F2, can block the binding of PD-1 to PD-L1 in vitro, and can inhibit tumor growth in an in vivo experiment on tumor-bearing mice.

The present application claims the priority right of Chinese PatentApplication for Invention No. CN 202010324761.8, filed on Apr. 22, 2020,which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of antibody drugs. Inparticular, the present invention relates to a single variable domainantibody targeting human programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), a proteinderived therefrom and a use thereof for preparing drugs, particularly ause for the treatment and/or prevention, or diagnosis of PD-L1 relateddiseases such as tumors.

BACKGROUND ART

PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 are important targets of tumor immunity. PD-1and PD-L1 are a pair of immunosuppressive molecules, which are importantcomponents of the immune system to prevent overreaction of autoimmuneresponse. Activation of the pathway of PD-1 and PD-L1 has the functionsof inhibiting tumor immune responses, inducing tumor-specific T cellapoptosis, which are closely related to tumor development. PD-1 (CD279)is a type I transmembrane protein, a member of the immunoglobulinsuperfamily, mainly expressed on activated CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cellsand B cells and other immune cells. Its ligand PD-L1 (also known asB7-H1, CD274) belongs to a member of the B7 family and is highlyexpressed on tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIC) and a variety ofmalignant tumor cells, such as malignant melanoma, non-small cell lungcancer, head and neck squamous cancer etc.. The use of a monoclonalantibody to block PD-1 and PD-L1 pathway in the treatment of tumors hasshown good clinical efficacy and safety. Many antibody drugs have beenapproved for marketing, and the indications include many malignanttumors such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, advanced renal cellcarcinoma and the like. Meanwhile, many ongoing clinical trials try todevelop more new indications.

Although PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies have shown good therapeuticeffects in the clinical treatments of various malignant tumors, thereare problems such as large dosage and low overall response rate. Themain causes include low expression of PD-L1 and depletion of T cells inthe tumor microenvironment and the like. Therefore, it is stillnecessary to further deeply develop the PD-1/PD-L1 targets and developtherapeutic drugs with better clinical effects. With respect to drugdevelopment for the targets, the following ways may increase thebenefits of clinical patients. (1) Further developing antibody moleculeshaving higher affinity and better activity; (2) Providing bispecificantibodies or analogs based on the targets; (3) Preliminary studies haveshown that the response rate of PD-L1 positive tumor patients to a PD-L1inhibitor is much higher than that of PD-L1 negative tumor patients, soeffective biomarkers are required to predict PD-L1 positive tumorpatients or to screen patients in advance, in order to reduce treatmentcosts and potential serious adverse reactions; (4) To improve theresponse rate, drug combination has become a trend of tumorimmunotherapy, such as combination with other tumor immune drugs,combination with targeting drugs, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

A single variable domain antibody is currently the smallest antibodymolecule, and its molecular weight is ⅒ of that of a conventionalantibody. It is originally discovered in camel blood by Belgianscientist Hamers, R. It is a class of engineered antibody products thathas attracted much attention. In addition to having the antigenicreactivity of a monoclonal antibody, a single variable domain antibodyalso possesses some unique functional properties, such as smallmolecular weight, strong stability, good solubility, easy expression,strong targeting activity, and simplicity of being humanized. Inparticular, a single variable domain antibody is suitable for thedevelopment of bispecific/multispecific therapeutic antibodies and forthe development of therapies such as Car-T/M/NK. At present, thedevelopments of single variable domain antibodies and/orbispecific/multispecific antibodies based on single variable domainantibodies have become research and development hotspots.Internationally, Ablynx has made extensive layouts in the field ofsingle variable domain antibodies. Caplacizumab, developed by thecompany, was approved by the FDA in February 2019 for the treatment of arare disease of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP).Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is characterized byexcessive blood clotting in small blood vessels, and Caplacizumab is thefirst drug approved for the disease. Caplacizumab is also the first drugtargeting von willebrand factor (vWF), with vWF being a key protein inthe blood coagulation cascade. At the same time, Caplacizumab is alsothe first single variable domain antibody approved by the FDA. Theapproval of Caplacizumab is a landmark event for the single variabledomain antibody drug field to officially enter the stage of humandisease therapy. There are also companies in China that are activelydeveloping single variable domain antibodies, including ShenzhenGuochuang Single Variable Domain Antibody Technology Co., Ltd., ShenzhenPrekin Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Suzhou Boshengji (Anke) Company, andSuzhou Corning Jerry Company, etc. Among them, Corning Jerry Company isdomestically the first to enter the field of single variable domainantibodies. The PD-L1 single variable domain antibody (KN035,subcutaneous administration) developed by Corning Jerry Company wasapproved by CFDA and FDA to enter clinical trials in 2016, and obtainedthe clinical approval from the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical DevicesAgency (PMDA) at the end of June 2017. KN035 is the world’s first PD-L1single variable domain antibody.

At present, PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies have shown good therapeuticeffects in the clinical treatment of various malignant tumors, but thereare problems such as large dosage and low overall response rate. Themain causes include low expression of PD-L1 and depletion of T cells inthe tumor microenvironment and the like. Therefore, it is necessary todiscover new anti-PD-L1 antibody drugs. With respect to the developmentof candidate molecules, antibody molecules with better therapeuticeffect may be obtained through the following ways: (1) Furtherdeveloping antibody molecules having higher affinity and betteractivity; (2) Providing bispecific antibodies or analogs based on thetarget; (3) Developing more effective diagnostic antibodies, to predictPD-L1-positive tumor patients or screen patients in advance by detectingPD-L1 expression, in order to reduce treatment costs and potentialserious adverse reactions. Camel-derived single variable domainantibodies are expected to be used to efficiently solve the aboveproblems in view of their unique properties.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides a singlevariable domain antibody targeting human programmed death ligand 1(PD-L1), and derivatives thereof. A phage surface-displayed VHH antibodylibrary is constructed by extracting PBMC from human PD-L1 immunizedcamels, and an anti-human PD-L1-specific single variable domain antibody2-2F2 is obtained by screening and identification. On this basis, achimeric antibody chF2 and a humanized modified antibody hzF2 variantare prepared. The hzF2 variant possesses affinity comparable or evensuperior to that of the original single variable domain antibody 2-2F2,can block the binding of PD-1 to PD-L1 in vitro, and can inhibit tumorgrowth in an in vivo experiment on tumor-bearing mice. In particular:

In a first aspect, the present invention provides an anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody, characterized in that CDR1-CDR3 in a variableregion of the single variable domain antibody are shown as SEQ ID NOs:43-45 respectively.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the single variable domain antibodyhas no constant region or has 1-3 heavy chain constant regions.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the amino acid sequence of thevariable region of the single variable domain antibody is shown as SEQID NO: 1.

In the second aspect, the present invention provides an anti-PD-L1single variable domain antibody, characterized in that the singlevariable domain antibody is a human-camel chimeric single variabledomain antibody, comprising the variable region of the single variabledomain antibody according to the first aspect of the present inventionand human heavy chain constant regions.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the chimeric single variable domainantibody has the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:3.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides an anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody, characterized in that the single variabledomain antibody is humanized, and the variable region of the singlevariable domain antibody is obtained by humanizing the variable regionof the single variable domain according to the first aspect of thepresent invention.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the variable region of the singlevariable domain antibody has the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ IDNO:7.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the single variable domain antibodyhas the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:9.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides an anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody, characterized in that the single variabledomain antibody is a mutated anti-PD-L1 humanized single variable domainantibody, which is produced by mutating CDRs in the variable region ofanti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to the third aspectof the present invention by 1, 2, 3 or 4 amino acid residues; and themutated anti-PD-L1 humanized single variable domain antibody at leastpartially retains the specific binding ability to PD-L1.

Further, the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody of the presentinvention is characterized in that the variable region thereof isselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 11-26.

In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides a compositioncomprising one or more anti-PD-L1s selected from the group consisting ofthe anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibodies according to any of thefirst to the fourth aspects of the present invention.

Further, the composition of the present invention is characterized inthat it further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and isused as a pharmaceutical composition, preferably the pharmaceuticalcomposition is in the form of a liquid formulation, an injectionformulation, or a powder injection formulation.

In a sixth aspect, the present invention provides the use of an antibodyor its fragment for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment ofabnormal proliferative diseases, characterized in that the antibody isselected from the group consisting of the anti-PD-L1 single variabledomain antibody according to any of the first to the fourth aspects ofthe present invention.

Further, the use of the present invention is characterized in that theabnormal proliferative diseases comprise tumors, preferably melanoma,non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous carcinoma, kidneycancer, colon cancer and the like.

In a seventh aspect, the present invention provides the use of anantibody or its fragment, characterized in that the antibody is selectedfrom the group consisting of the anti-PD-L1 single variable domainantibody according to any of the first to the fourth aspects of thepresent invention, for the manufacture of a multispecific antibody or atargeted antibody-drug.

In an eighth aspect, the present invention provides a polynucleotideencoding the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to anyof the first to the fourth aspects of the present invention.

In a ninth aspect, the present invention provides a vector comprisingthe polynucleotide according to the eighth aspect of the presentinvention.

In a tenth aspect, the present invention provides a host cell comprisingthe polynucleotide according to the seventh aspect of the presentinvention or the vector according to the eighth aspect of the presentinvention.

In an eleventh aspect, the present invention provides a method forpreparing an anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody, comprising thesteps of:

-   (1) Culturing the host cell according to the tenth aspect of the    present invention under conditions suitable for expressing the    recombinant anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody;-   (2) Isolating and purifying the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain    antibody from the cell culture.

In a twelfth aspect, the present invention provides a method forpreventing or treating abnormal proliferative diseases, characterized inthat administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount ofthe anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to any one ofthe foregoing, the composition according to any one of the foregoing,the multispecific antibody or the targeted antibody-drug in the useaccording to the aforementioned sixth aspect.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in that:the abnormal proliferative diseases comprise tumors, particularly tumorsassociated with PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in thatthe tumors comprise melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and necksquamous carcinoma, kidney cancer, colon cancer and the like.

In a thirteenth aspect, the present invention provides a method fordiagnosing or evaluating the development and progress of abnormalproliferative diseases in a subject, characterized in that contacting asample from the subject to be detected with the anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody according to any one of the foregoing, thecomposition according to any one of the foregoing, the multispecificantibody or the targeted antibody-drug in the use according to theaforementioned sixth aspect.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in thatthe abnormal proliferative diseases comprise tumors, particularly tumorsrelated to PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in thatthe tumors comprise melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and necksquamous carcinoma, kidney cancer, colon cancer and the like.

In a fourteenth aspect, the present invention provides a method forpredicting or evaluating the therapeutic effect of a PD-1/PD-L1antagonist on a subject suffering from an abnormal proliferativedisease, characterized in that detecting the expression status of PD-L1in the subject by using an agent selected from the group consisting ofthe anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to any one ofthe foregoing, the composition according to any one of the foregoing,the multispecific antibody or the targeted antibody-drug in the useaccording to the aforementioned sixth aspect.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in thatthe abnormal proliferative diseases comprise tumors, particularly tumorsrelated to PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway.

Further, the method of the present invention is characterized in thatthe tumors comprise melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and necksquamous carcinoma, kidney cancer, colon cancer and the like.

Unless otherwise indicated, regardless of being used herein to refer toheavy chain antibodies or to conventional 4-chain antibodies, the term“immunoglobulin sequence” is used as a generic term to include full-sizeantibodies, individual chains thereof, and all portions, domains orfragments thereof (including, but not limited to, antigen bindingdomains or fragments such as VHH domains or VH/VL domains,respectively). Furthermore, the term “sequence” as used herein (e.g.,used in terms such as “immunoglobulin sequence”, “antibody sequence”,“variable domain sequence”, “VHH sequence” or “protein sequence”)generally should be understood to comprise both the relevant amino acidsequence and the nucleic acid or nucleotide sequence encoding thereof,unless the context requires a more restrictive interpretation.

An immunoglobulin single variable domain can act as a “binding unit”,“binding domain” or “construction unit” of a polypeptide (these termscan be used interchangeably), and be used for preparing a polypeptidecomprising one or more additional immunoglobulin single variable domainsas the binding unit (i.e., against the same or different epitopes on thesame target and/or against one or more different targets).

The term “immunoglobulin single variable domain” (“ISVD”), which can beused interchangeably with “single variable domain” (“SVD”), defines amolecule in which the antigen binding site is present on a singleimmunoglobulin domain and which consists of a single immunoglobulindomain. This makes the immunoglobulin single variable domain differentfrom a “conventional” immunoglobulin or fragments thereof, in which twodomains, especially two variable domains in the “conventional”immunoglobulin, interact to form an antigen binding site. Typically, inconventional immunoglobulins, the heavy chain variable domain (VH) andlight chain variable domain (VL) interact to form the antigen bindingsite. Under the circumstances, the complementarity determining regions(CDRs) from both VH and VL would favor the antigen binding site, i.e. atotal of 6 CDRs would be involved in the formation of the antigenbinding site.

In contrast, the binding site of an immunoglobulin single variabledomain is formed by a single VH or VL domain. Thus, the antigen bindingsite of an immunoglobulin single variable domain is formed by no morethan three CDRs.

The terms “immunoglobulin single variable domain” and “single variabledomain” thus are not comprised in conventional immunoglobulins orfragments thereof that require at least two variable domains to interactto form an antigen binding site. However, these terms are comprised infragments of conventional immunoglobulins, in which an antigen bindingsite is formed by a single variable domain.

Typically, a single variable domain will be an amino acid sequenceconsisting substantially of 4 framework regions (FR1 to FR4,respectively) and 3 complementarity determining regions (CDR1 to CDR3,respectively). Such a single variable domain and fragments are mostpreferable such that they comprise immunoglobulin folds or are capableof forming immunoglobulin folds under suitable conditions. Thus, asingle variable domain may, for example, comprise a light chain variabledomain sequence (e.g., a VL sequence) or a suitable fragment thereof; ora heavy chain variable domain sequence (e.g., a VH sequence or a VHHsequence) or a suitable fragment thereof, provided that they are capableof forming a single antigen-binding unit (i.e., a functionalantigen-binding unit consisting essentially of a single variable domainsuch that the single antigen-binding unit does not need to interact withanother variable domain to form a functional antigen binding unit. Forexample, the variable domains found in e.g. conventional antibodies andscFv fragments that require VH/VL interaction thus interact with anothervariable domain to form a functional antigen binding domain is thelatter).

In one embodiment of the invention, the immunoglobulin single variabledomain is a light chain variable domain sequence (e.g., a VL sequence)or a heavy chain variable domain sequence (e.g., a VH sequence); morespecifically, the immunoglobulin single variable domain can be a heavychain variable domain sequence derived from a conventional four-chainantibody or a heavy chain variable domain sequence derived from a heavychain antibody.

For example, a single variable domain or an immunoglobulin singlevariable domain (or amino acids suitable for use as an immunoglobulinsingle variable domain) can be a (single) domain antibody (or aminoacids suitable for use as a (single) domain antibody), “dAbs” or dAbs(or amino acids suitable for use as dAbs) or nanobodies (as definedherein, and including but not limited to VHHs); other single variabledomains, or any suitable fragments of any of them.

For a general description of (single) domain antibodies, reference isalso made to the prior art cited herein and to EP0368684. For the term“dAb”, see e.g. Ward et al., 1989 (Nature 341: 544-546), see Holt etal., 2003 (Trends Biotechnol., 21: 484-490); and see e.g. WO 04/068820,WO 06/030220, WO06/003388, WO 06/059108, WO 07/049017, WO 07/085815, andother published patent applications of Domantis Ltd. It should also benoted that, single variable domains may be derived from certain speciesof sharks (e.g. so-called “IgNAR domains”, see e.g. WO 05/18629),although they are less preferable in the context of the presentinvention as not of mammalian origin.

In particular, the immunoglobulin single variable domain may beNANOBODY® (as defined herein) or a suitable fragment thereof. [Note:NANOBODY®, NANOBODIES®, NANOCLONE® are registered trademarks of AblynxN.V.]. For a general description of nanobodies, reference is made to thefurther description below, as well as to the prior art cited herein, forexample, described in such as WO 08/020079 (page 16).

For a further description of VHHs and nanobodies, reference is made tothe review article by Muyldermans 2001 (Reviews in MolecularBiotechnology 74: 277-302) and to the following patent applicationsmentioned as general background art: WO 94/04678, WO 95/04079, and WO96/34103 of VrijeUniversiteit Brussel; WO 94/25591, WO 99/37681, WO00/40968, WO 00/43507, WO00/65057, WO 01/40310, WO 01/44301, EP 1134231,and WO 02/48193 of Unilever; WO 97/49805, WO 01/21817, WO 03/035694, WO03/054016, and WO 03/055527 of Vlaams Instituutvoor Biotechnologie(VIB); WO 03/050531 of Algonomics N.V., and Ebolinx, Inc.; WO 01/90190of National Research Council of Canada; WO 03/025020 of Institute ofAntibodies; and WO 04/041867, WO 04/041862, WO 04/041865, WO 04/041863,WO 04/062551, WO 05/044858, WO06/40153, WO 06/079372, WO 06/122786, WO06/122787, and WO 06/122825 of Ebolinx, Inc.; and other published patentapplications of Ebolinx, Inc.. Reference is also made to other prior artmentioned in these applications, and in particular to the list ofreferences mentioned on pages 41-43 of International Application WO06/040153, which list and references are incorporated herein byreference. As described in these references, nanobodies (especially VHHsequences and a part of humanized nanobodies) may be characterized,inter alia, by the presence of one or more “marker residues” in one ormore framework sequences. Further descriptions of nanobodies, includinghumanized and/or camelized nanobodies, as well as other modifications,parts or fragments, derivatives thereof or “nanobody fusions”,multivalent constructs (some non-limiting examples comprising linkersequences) and different modifications to increase the half-life ofnanobodies as well as their preparation, can be found, for example, inWO 08/101985 and WO 08/142164.

Thus, in the sense of the present invention, the term “immunoglobulinsingle variable domain” or “single variable domain” comprisespolypeptides derived from non-human sources, preferably camelid,preferably camelid heavy chain antibodies. As described above, they canbe humanized. In addition, the term comprises polypeptides derived fromnon-camelid sources such as mice or humans that have been “camelized”,e.g., described in Davies and Riechmann 1994 (FEBS 339: 285-290), 1995(Biotechnol. 13: 475- 479), 1996 (Prot. Eng. 9:531-537), and Riechmannand Muyldermans 1999 (J. Immunol. Methods 231: 25-38).

The term “immunoglobulin single variable domain” comprisesimmunoglobulin sequences of different origins, including mouse, rat,rabbit, donkey, human and camelid immunoglobulin sequences. It alsocomprises fully human, humanized or chimeric immunoglobulin sequences.For example, it comprises camelid immunoglobulin sequences and humanizedcamelid immunoglobulin sequences, or camelized immunoglobulin singlevariable domains, such as the camelized dAbs described by Ward et al.,1989 (See e.g. WO 94/04678 and Davies and Riechmann 1994, 1995 and 1996)and camelized VH.

Likewise, such immunoglobulin single variable domains may be derivedfrom any suitable source in any suitable manner, and can, for example,be naturally occurring VHH sequences (i.e., from a suitable camelidspecies) or synthetic or semi-synthetic amino acid sequences, includingbut not limited to partially or fully “humanized” VHH, “camelized”immunoglobulin sequences (and especially camelized VH), as well asnanobodies and/or VHHs obtained by the following techniques: such asaffinity maturation (e.g., starting from synthetic, random or naturallyoccurring immunoglobulin sequences such as VHH sequences), CDR grafting,veneering, combining fragments derived from different immunoglobulinsequences, PCR assembly using overlapping primers, and similartechniques known to those skilled in the art for engineeringimmunoglobulin sequences; or any suitable combination of any of theforegoing.

The amino acid sequence and structure of an immunoglobulin singlevariable domain may be considered as, but is not limited to, consistingof four framework regions or “FRs”, which in the art and herein arereferred to as “framework region 1” or “FR1”; “framework region 2” or“FR2”; “framework region 3” or “FR3”; and “framework region 4” or “FR4”,respectively; interspersed by 3 complementarity determining regions or“CDRs”, which are referred to in the art as “complementarity determiningregion 1” or “CDR1”; “complementarity determining region 2” or “CDR2”;and “complementarity determining region 3” or “CDR3”, respectively.

The total number of amino acid residues in an immunoglobulin singlevariable domain may range from 110-120, preferably 112-115, and mostpreferably 113.

As further described in paragraph q) on pages 58 and 59 of WO 08/020079(incorporated herein by reference), numbering of amino acid residues inan immunoglobulin single variable domain is according to the generalnumbering for VH domain given by Kabat et al. (“Kabat numbering”)(“Sequence of proteins of immunological interest”, US Public HealthServices, NIH Bethesda, MD, Publication No. 91). Numbering of amino acidresidues as disclosed in the article of Riechmann and Muyldermans 2000(J. Immunol. Methods 240: 185-195; see, e.g., FIG. 2 of thispublication) is applied to VHH domain of camelid animals, andcorrespondingly, FR1 of an immunoglobulin single variable domaincomprises amino acid residues at positions 1-30, CDR1 of animmunoglobulin single variable domain comprises amino acid residues atpositions 31-35, FR2 of an immunoglobulin single variable domaincomprises amino acid residues at positions 36-49, CDR2 of animmunoglobulin single variable domain comprises amino acid residues atpositions 50-65, FR3 of an immunoglobulin single variable domaincomprises amino acid residues at positions 66-94, CDR3 of animmunoglobulin single variable domain comprises amino acid residues atpositions 95-102, and FR4 of an immunoglobulin single variable domaincomprises amino acid residues at positions 103-113.

Based on examples of the immunoglobulin single variable domain sequencesgiven herein and in WO 08/020079, in WO 06/040153 and in otherreferences cited therein for immunoglobulin single variable domains, itwill be clear that the precise number of amino acid residues will alsodepend on the length of the particular CDRs present in an immunoglobulinsingle variable domain. With respect to CDRs, as is well known in theart, there are various definitions and conventions for describing CDRsin VH or VHH fragments, such as the Kabat definition (which is based onsequence variability and is the most commonly used) and the Chothiadefinition (which is based on the location of the structure ringregion). For example, one can refer to the websitehttp://www.bioinf.org.uk/abs/. For the purposes of the presentspecification and claims, even though referring to CDRs according toKabat may be mentioned, it is most preferred to define CDRs according toAbm definition (which is based on OxfordMolecular’s AbM antibodymodeling software), as it is believed that Abm definition is the bestcompromise of Kabat and Chothia definitions. Again one can refer to thewebsite http://www.bioinf.org.uk/abs/.

In one embodiment, FR4 comprises the C-terminal amino acid sequenceVTVSS, i.e. corresponding to residues at positions 109, 110, 111, 112and 113. The present invention also comprises ISVDs terminating atpositions 109, 110, 111 or 112. In one aspect of the invention, FR4 endswith the C-terminal amino acid sequence VTVS (positions 109-112), FR4ends with the C-terminal amino acid sequence VTV (positions 109-111),FR4 ends with the C-terminal amino acid sequence VT (positions 109-110),or FR4 ends with the C-terminal amino acid V (position 109). TheC-terminal extension may be present at the C-terminal end of the lastamino acid residue (most C-terminal) of FR4 of the ISVD, for example, atthe C-terminal end of the last amino acid residue such as V109, T110,V111, S112 or S113 of FR4, wherein the cysteine moiety of the inventionis preferably present at or located at the C-terminus of a C-terminalextension. In one embodiment, FR4 comprises the C-terminal amino acidsequence VTVSS and the C-terminal extension is a cysteine (e.g., apolypeptide of the present invention is terminated with VTVSSC). In oneembodiment, FR4 comprises the C-terminal amino acid sequence VTVS andthe C-terminal extension is a cysteine (e.g., a polypeptide of thepresent invention is terminated with VTVSC). In one embodiment, FR4comprises the C-terminal amino acid sequence VTV and the C-terminalextension is a cysteine (e.g., a polypeptide of the present invention isterminated with VTVC). In one embodiment, FR4 comprises the C-terminalamino acid sequence VT and the C-terminal extension is a cysteine (e.g.,a polypeptide of the present invention is terminated with VTC). In oneembodiment, FR4 comprises the C-terminal amino acid V and the C-terminalextension is a cysteine ( e.g., a polypeptide of the present inventionis terminated with VC).

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a dimer as describedherein, wherein the ISVD is a light chain variable domain sequence (VL),a heavy chain variable domain sequence (VH), a sequence derived from aconventional four-chain antibody or derived from a heavy chain antibody.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a dimer as describedherein, wherein the ISVD is selected from the group consisting of asingle domain antibody, a domain antibody, an amino acid sequencesuitable for use as a single domain antibody, an amino acid sequencesuitable for use as a domain antibody, a dAb, an amino acid sequencesuitable for use as a dAb, a nanobody, a VHH, a humanized VHH, and acamelized VH. Preferably, the ISVD comprises 100 to 140 amino acidresidues, such as 110 to 130 amino acid residues.

Compared with the prior art, the technical solutions of the presentinvention have the following advantages:

Firstly, the antibody of the present invention is a humanized anti-PD-L1single variable domain antibody with high affinity. The humanizedanti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody hzF2 specifically binds tohuman PD-L1 protein with high affinity, with an affinity (KD) of 1.1 nM,which is comparable to the control antibody KN035. The basic propertiesof high affinity and good specificity provide a theoretical basis forthe inhibitory effect of hzF2 on the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway; andthe single variable domain antibody has more flexible applicationpattern and is more suitable for the development ofbispecific/multispecific therapeutic antibodies, as compared with aconventional monoclonal antibody.

Secondly, the antibody of the present invention has good biologicalactivity. hzF2 can effectively bind to human PD-L1 recombinantlyexpressed on a cell surface, and the EC50 for binding to human PD-L1recombinantly expressed on CHO cells (CHO-PD-L1) is 1.01 nM; hzF2 caneffectively block the binding of a recombinant human PD-L1 to itsreceptor PD-1, with IC50 of 4.3 nM; hzF2 can block PD-1/PD-L1 signalingpathway with the activity of EC50 being 5.45 nM, as detected by usingJurkat-PD1-NFAT cell and CHO-PD-L1-CD3L cell reporter gene assay; hzF2has good in vivo stability and can effectively inhibit tumor growth inan immune system humanized and melanoma A375 subcutaneously xenograftedmodel.

Thirdly, the present invention provides multiple variants based on hzF2.Some variants show better performances than the original antibody hzF2in such performance parameters as specificity, affinity, and the like.These different single variable domain antibody variants provide morechoices for PD-L1-based tumor detection, targeted therapy, drugdelivery, etc., and further enrich and expand the application potentialof hzF2.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those ofordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detaileddescription of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are for thepurpose of illustrating preferred embodiments only and are not to beconsidered limiting of the invention. Also, the same components aredenoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings. In theattached drawings:

FIG. 1 : Inhibitory effects of single variable domain antibodies on thebinding of human PD-L1 to its receptor PD-1 by ELISA assay.

FIG. 2 : FACS analysis of the binding activity of chF2 to a cell surfaceantigen.

FIG. 3 : ELISA analysis of the binding specificity of chF2 to arecombinant PD-L1.

FIG. 4 : Analysis of the binding specificity of chF2 to PD-L1 on cellsurface.

FIG. 5 : Analysis result of the inhibitory effect of hzF2 on the bindingof human PD-L1 to its receptor PD-1.

FIG. 6 : Assessment of in vitro blocking activity of an anti-PD-L1 VHHantibody-Fc fusion protein by using a reporter gene system.

FIG. 7 : Drug-time curve of hzF2 in Balb/C mice upon single dose.

FIG. 8 : Experimental result (tumor volume) of antitumor efficacy ofhzF2 in a murine colon cancer model using human PD-L1 transgenic micesubcutaneously allografted with MC38-hPDL1.

FIG. 9 : Experimental result (tumor weight) of antitumor efficacy ofhzF2 in a murine colon cancer model using human PD-L1 transgenic micesubcutaneously allografted with MC38-hPDL1.

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Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described inmore detail below with reference to the attached drawings. Whileexemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in thedrawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure can beachieved in various forms and should not be limited by the embodimentsset forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided in order tounderstand the present disclosure more thoroughly, and to convey thescope of the present disclosure fully to those skilled in the art.

Example 1. Construction of Immunized Camel Single Variable DomainAntibody Library Via Phage Display

An antigen was used to immunize camels. Peripheral blood mononuclearcells (PBMCs) were isolated and total RNA was extracted for reversetranscription. The product from reverse transcription was used as atemplate to amplify the heavy chain variable domain of the heavy-chainantibody (VHH). The heavy chain variable domain was linked into a phagedisplay vector, and the obtained vector was electrotransfected into E.coli TG1 competent cells to construct a camel immunization library.Particularly, camels were immunized once every two weeks, and 4 times intotal. The immunization was performed by injection of 0.8 mg PD-L1extracellular region recombinant protein (in-house expression andpurification, gene sequence ID number: NP_054862.1, 19aa-238aa),adjuvanted with incomplete Freund’s adjuvant (Sigma, Cat.: F5506-10 ml).Each injection was performed subcutaneously in a multi-point way. Twoweeks after each immunization, 1 mL of blood was collected to separatethe serum. The immunogen was used as the detection antigen to determinethe titers of whole antibody (IgG) and of heavy chain antibody (HcAb) inserum by ELISA. When the serum titer fulfilled the requirements forconstructing a library, 100 mL of camel peripheral blood was collectedand PBMCs were isolated using an isolation kit (Tianjin Haoyang, Cat.:TBD2011CM), and the total RNA of PBMCs was extracted for reversetranscription to obtain cDNA. The obtained cDNA was used as a templatefor subsequent amplification of VHH fragments. Primers for VHH antibodylibrary construction were designed based on the genes of camel-derivedVHH antibodies retrieved from relevant literatures and databases, andsynthesized. The gene sequences of the antibody variable regions wereamplified by PCR. The phage display vectors and the amplified antibodyfragments were then digested respectively with endonucleases, andligated together using T4 ligase to construct ligation products. Theligation products were introduced into TG1 strain by electrotransfectiontechnology. Finally, an immunized camel anti-human PD-L1 VHH antibodylibrary having a concentration of 1.8×10⁸/milliliter was constructed forthe screening of specific anti-human PD-L1 single variable domainantibodies. To detect the correctness of the library, 50 clones wererandomly selected for colony PCR, and the results showed that theinsertion percentage had reached 100%.

Example 2. Screening of Specific Anti-Human PD-L1 Single Variable DomainAntibodies

The constructed camel immunization library was screened by a solid-phasescreening method, to obtain phage-displayed specific single variabledomain antibodies.

Displaying original library. The camel immunization library wasinoculated to 2YT medium containing ampicillin and tetracycline, grownto logarithmic growth phase, then M13 helper phage was added thereto,followed by adding kanamycin, placed overnight at a lower temperaturecondition to display original library. The culture supernatant wascollected the next day, and the phage was concentrated by PEGprecipitation to obtain a display product having a high-titer antibodylibrary for subsequent screening.

Screening. The specific antibodies were screened by a solid-phasemethod. The specific antigen was coated on the surface of an immunetube. The immune tube and the antibody library were blocked respectivelyby a blocking agent, then the antibody library was added to the immunetube, and incubated, then washed repeatedly, and finally an acid havingpH2.2 was used for elution. The eluate was neutralized to neutrality,then incubated with XL-Blue in the logarithmic growth phase forinfection, and subjected to further phage display. Specific phageparticles were recovered. After screening 2-3 rounds, monoclones were tobe identified.

Identification. XL-Blue bacteria infected by the recovered specificphage particles were inoculated on plates, and individual clones wereidentified after growing into colonies. Individual clones were pickedout and cultured to logarithmic growth phase, then M13 helper phage wasadded to infect, followed by adding kanamycin; then placed overnight at30° C. The culture supernatant was collected the next day and added toan enzyme-linked plate coated with PD-L1 to perform ELISA reaction.Phagemids (phage display vectors comprising antibody genes) wereextracted from the reaction positive clones, and sequenced to determinethe VHH antibody gene sequences. Five phage-displayed single variabledomain antibodies (VHHs), i.e. 1-4G1, 1-6C4, 2-3D6, 2-5B7, 2-2F2,capable of binding to the human PD-L1 recombinant protein were obtainedthrough screening.

Example 3. Preliminary Identification of Specific Anti-Human PD-L1Single Variable Domain Antibodies

The obtained five single-domain VHH antibodies were expressed byinducing E. coli TG1, and the induction conditions were 1 mM IPTG, at30° C., and 150 rpm, overnight culture. Bacterial samples upon inducedexpression were disrupted by sonication and filtered, then purifiedusing a nickel column via affinity, and ultrafiltered, to obtainsingle-domain VHH antibodies. The inhibitory effect of the single domainVHH antibodies on the binding of human PD-L1 to its receptor PD-1 wasthen tested by ELISA. Particularly, a fusion protein of human PD-1extracellular region and human Fc (PD-1-hFc, PD-1 sequence ID number:NP_005009.2, 21aa-167aa) was coated on an ELISA plate at a concentrationof 0.5 µg/mL. Then the plate was placed at 4° C. overnight, and blockedwith 5% BSA for 60 min at 37° C. in a thermostatic incubator. Thesingle-domain VHH antibodies (at concentrations of 50, 10, 2 nM) and 1µg/mL PD-L1-mFc were co-incubated and reacted in a thermostaticincubator at 37° C. for 60 min. The plate was washed 4 times with PBST;then added 1:5000 diluted HRP-anti-mouse Fc (Jackson Immuno Research,Cat.: 115-035-071), reacted for 45 min, and added TMB (Beijing TaitianheBiology, Cat.: ME142) substrate to develop color for 15 min. Afteradding 2 M HCl to stop the reaction, the plate was read and recordedabout the absorbance value of A450 nm-630 nm of the well plate by areader taking 630 nm as the reference wavelength, and 450 nm as thedetection wavelength. The results showed that 2-2F2 could effectivelyblock the binding of recombinant human PD-L1 to its receptor PD-1,illustrating that 2-2F2 had good blocking activity (FIG. 1 ). Thismolecule, abbreviated as VHH-F2, was selected as the original moleculefor subsequent development. The amino acid sequence of the variableregion of the single variable domain antibody was shown as SEQ ID NO.1,and the nucleotide sequence of the variable region was shown as SEQ IDNO.2.

Specific primers were designed, a positive cloned phagemid was used asthe template, and the variable region gene of the camel-derived antibodyVHH-F2 was obtained by PCR. Then, the variable region gene was clonedinto a eukaryotic expression vector comprising human Fc (IgG1, hFc)encoding gene by enzymatic digestion and ligation. After obtaining anexpression plasmid with the correct sequence, it was transfected into293F cells for transient expression, then the expression product waspurified by Protein A, and finally a fusion protein of a human-camelchimeric single variable domain antibody (VHH-F2-human-Fc chimericantibody, abbreviated as “chF2”) was obtained. The full-length aminoacid sequence of the chF2 antibody molecule was shown as SEQ ID NO.3,and the nucleotide sequence was shown as SEQ ID NO.4.

With reference to the Envafolimab antibody sequence published by WHO(WHO Drug Information, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2019, Page634-635, Envafolimab),the KN035 variable region gene was completely synthesized, and the aminoacid sequence of the KN035 variable region was shown as SEQ ID NO.5, andthe nucleotide sequence was shown as SEQ ID NO.6. The same strategy asabove for constructing chF2 was used to obtain a fusion protein havingKN035 variable region and Fc, and abbreviated as KN035.

Example 4. Binding Activity Analysis of the Anti-Human PD-L1 ChimericSingle Variable Domain Antibody Method 1. BLI Assay for Binding Activity

Using the Octet QKe system instrument from Fortebio Company, the abilityof chF2 to bind corresponding recombinant antigen was determined byusing the capture antibody (AHC) biological probe against the Fcfragment of the human antibody to capture the Fc fragment of theantibody. During the measurement, chF2 was diluted with PBS buffer to 4µg/mL, and flowed over the surface of AHC probe (Cat.: 18-0015, PALL)for 120 s. A human PD-L1 recombinant protein was used as the mobilephase to interact with the antibody captured on the chip surface. Therecombinant PD-L1 protein concentration was 60 nM. The binding time foreach antigen was 300 s, and the final dissociation time was 300 s. Theresults (Table 1) showed that under the present experimental conditions,the chF2 bound to the recombinant PD-L1 protein in higher affinity,which was comparable to that of the control antibody KN035.

TABLE 1 Measurement of affinity of chF2 and KN035 to the human PD-L1recombinant protein KD value(M) kon(1/Ms) kdis(1/s) chF2 1.11E-092.24E+05 2.48E-04 KN035 1.50E-09 2.33E+05 3.50E-04

Method 2. Binding Activity Analysis Via FACS

Cells (CHO-PD-L1-CD3L cells) were collected after centrifugation,divided into 5×10⁵ cells/sample/100 µL. Gradient diluted single variabledomain antibody was added to the cells at a final concentration of 66 nMas the highest concentration, 3-fold serial dilution to make 10gradients; then incubated on ice for 2h. The cells were washed twicewith ice-cold PBS (containing 0.05% Tween). FITC-labeled anti-human Fcsecondary antibody (Cat.: F9512, Sigma) was added, and incubated on icefor 1h. The cells were washed twice with ice-cold PBS (containing 0.05%Tween), resuspended in 200 µL of Flow Cytometry Buffer, and the meanfluorescence intensity (MFI) of the cells was detected by flow cytometer(Model B49007AD, SNAW31211, BECKMAN COULTER). The detection resultsshowed that chF2 and KN035 had comparable binding activities to PD-L1expressed on the cell surface, with half effective binding concentration(EC50) values of 1.04 nM and 1.27 nM, respectively (FIG. 2 ).

Example 5. Analysis of the Specificity of the Anti-Human PD-L1 ChimericSingle Variable Domain Antibody Method 1. Identification of theSpecificity of the Chimeric Antibody to the Recombinant Antigen by ELISA

Recombinant human proteins (PD-L1, PD-1, B7H3, B7H4, CTLA4, CD28, ICOS,etc.) were diluted with PBS to 1 µg/mL, then used 100 µL/well to coatenzyme-linked plate, overnight at 4° C. The plate was blocked by 5% BSAblocking solution in a thermostatic incubator at 37° C. for 60 min, thenwashed 3 times with PBST; added chF2 diluted to 1 µg/mL, reacted at 37°C. for 60 min, and washed 4 times with PBST; added HRP-Anti-human IgGdiluted 1:5000 for 45 min reaction, and washed 4 times with PBST;finally, added TMB substrate for color development. The reaction wasperformed in a thermostatic incubator at 37° C. for 15 min, and stoppedwith 2 M HCl. The plate was read and recorded about the absorbance valueof A450nm-630nm of the well plate by a reader taking 630 nm as thereference wavelength, and 450 nm as the detection wavelength. Theresults (FIG. 3 ) showed that chF2 specifically bound to PD-L1, but notto other recombinant proteins.

Method 2. BLI Assay for Identifying Species Specificity

The Octet QKe system instrument from Fortebio Company was used todetermine whether chF2 could bind to recombinant monkey PD-L1 andrecombinant murine PD-L1 by using the capture antibody (AHC) biologicalprobe of anti-human antibody Fc segment to capture the Fc segment of theantibody. During the measurement, chF2 was diluted to 4 µg/mL with PBSbuffer and flowed over the surface of AHC probe (PALL, Cat.: 18-0015)for 120 s. The monkey PD-L1 recombinant protein and the murine PD-L1recombinant protein were used as mobile phases to interact with theantibodies captured on the surface of the chip. The PD-L1 recombinantprotein concentration was 60 nM. The binding time of each antigen was300 s, and the final dissociation time was 300 s. The results showedthat both chF2 and KN035 bound to recombinant monkey PD-L1 protein withcomparable affinity, but not to recombinant murine PD-L1 protein (Table2).

TABLE 2 Analysis of the binding activity of chF2 and KN035 to monkey andmurine PD-L1 recombinant proteins KD value(M) kon(1/Ms) kdis(1/s) hzF2Monkey PD-L1 1.40E-09 2.18E+05 3.05E-04 Murine PD-L1 No binding signalKN035 Monkey PD-L1 1.32E-09 2.13E+05 2.81E-04 Murine PD-L1 No bindingsignal

Method 3. Identification of Chimeric Antibody Specificity by FACS

Cells were collected after centrifugation, divided into 3×10⁵cells/sample/100 µL, and 20 µg/ml of the single variable domain antibodywas added to the cells. The cells were incubated on ice for 2 h, andwashed twice with ice-cold PBS (containing 0.05% Tween). FITC-labeledanti-human Fc secondary antibody (Sigma, Cat.: F9512) was added, andincubated on ice for 1 h. The cells were washed twice with ice-cold PBS(containing 0.05% Tween), resuspended in 200 µL of Flow CytometryBuffer, and detected by a flow cytometer. The detection results (FIG. 4) showed that the reactivity of chF2 to each of the tumor cell types wasexactly the same as that of the control antibody KN035, and both of themspecifically bound to cell lines expressing human PD-L1, but not tonon-PD-L1 expressing cell lines.

Example 6. Humanization of chF2

A human heavy chain variable region having the highest homology to thevariable region of the camel-derived antibody VHH-F2 was select for theframework in the human heavy chain variable region. The variable regionof VHH-F2 was humanized through CDR grafting and retaining partial aminoacids for providing the support structure. A fusion protein(VHH-F2-human-Fc humanized antibody, abbreviated as hzF2) of a humanizedsingle variable domain antibody was designed, having a variable regionamino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.7, and full-length amino acidsequence shown as SEQ ID NO.9. The nucleotide sequence of hzF2 variableregion shown as SEQ ID NO.8 was synthesized, and a recombinantexpression vector of hzF2 was constructed. The constructed full-lengthhzF2 variable region nucleotide sequence was shown as SEQ ID NO.10.After eukaryotic expression, the affinity of hzF2 was determined by BLImethod, and correlation analysis was performed.

The antibody clone hzF2 was further mutated to obtain a large number ofvariant antibodies. The amino acid sequences of the CDR regions of thevariants were shown in Table 3, and the amino acid sequences of thevariable regions of the variants were shown in Table 4 (SEQ ID NO.11∼SEQID NO. 26), and the nucleotide sequence of the variable regions of thevariants were shown as SEQ ID NO.27∼ SEQ ID NO.42, and the changes inthe binding constant and dissociation constant of some variants wereshown in Table 5.

TABLE 3 CDR region amino acid sequences and affinity changes of hzF2variants Variant Mutated sequence Affinity KD CDR1 CDR2 CDR3 hzF2RDSDDGASCMG IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.47 nM hzF2-m1 RDSDDGASSMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWSGSWVARS 2.80 nM hzF2-m2 GDSDDGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.26 nM hzF2-m3 RDSSSGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 7.80 nM hzF2-m4 RDSNDGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 9.36 nM hzF2-m5 RDSSSAASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 5.05 nM hzF2-m6 RDSDEGASCMGIIFQAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.10 nM hzF2-m7 RDSDDSASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 4.59 nM hzF2-m8 RDSDDGASCMGIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.18 nM hzF2-m9 RDSDEGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.34 nM hzF2-m10 RDSDDGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VYCGSWVARS 4.31 nM hzF2-m11 RDSDDGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VYCGSYVARS 3.24 nM hzF2-m12 RDSDEGASCMGIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKG VWCGSWVARS 1.54 nM hzF2-m13 RDSDDGASCMGIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG VFCGSFVARS 4.26 nM hzF2-m14 RDSDEGASCMGIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKG VYCGSYVARS 3.81 nM hzF2-m15 RDSDEGASCMGIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKG VFCGSYVARS 4.75 nM hzF2-m16 RDSDEGASCMGIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKG VFCGSFVARS 3.18 nM

TABLE 4 Variable region amino acid sequences of hzF2 variants Variantname Variant amino acid sequence hzF2-m1 SEQ ID NO. 11EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASSMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWSGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m2 SEQ ID NO.12EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m3 SEQ ID NO.13EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSSSGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m4 SEQ ID NO.14EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSNDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m5 SEQ ID NO.15EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDAASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m6 SEQ ID NO.16 EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m7 SEQ ID NO.17EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDSASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m8 SEQ ID NO.18EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m9 SEQ ID NO.19EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m10 SEQ ID NO.20EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVYCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m11 SEQ ID NO.21EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVYCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m12 SEQ ID NO.22EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m13 SEQ ID NO.23EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVFCGSFVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m14 SEQ ID NO.24EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVYCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m15 SEQ ID NO.25EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVFCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSShzF2-m16 SEQ ID NO.26EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAARDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVFCGSFVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

TABLE 5 Detection results of the affinities of hzF2 variants to a humanPD-L1 recombinant protein KD value(M) kon(1/Ms) kdis(1/s) HzF2 1.40E-092.18E+05 3.05E-04 hzF2-m1 2.80E-09 6.79E+05 1.90E-03 hzF2-m2 1.26E-095.62E+05 7.09E-04 hzF2-m3 7.80E-09 6.24E+05 4.87E-03 hzF2-m4 9.36E-096.95E+05 6.50E-03 hzF2-m5 5.05E-09 3.36E+05 1.70E-03 hzF2-m6 1.10E-093.15E+05 3.45E-04 hzF2-m7 4.59E-09 3.41E+05 1.57E-03 hzF2-m8 1.18E-093.56E+05 4.19E-04 hzF2-m9 1.34E-09 3.24E+05 4.34E-04

Example 7. Inhibitory Effect of hzF2 on the Binding of Human PD-L1 toits Receptor PD-1 by ELISA Assay

Human PD-1-hFc (PD-1 Sequence No. NP_005009.2, 21aa-167aa) was dilutedwith PBS to 0.5 µg/mL, coated on an ELISA plate overnight at 4° C. Thenthe plate was blocked with 5% BSA for 60 min at 37° C. in a thermostaticincubator. Gradient dilutions of hzF2 and control antibody KN035, and anisotype control NC-hIgG1 (initial working concentration of 50 nM,1.5-fold dilution to 10 concentration gradients), were added, thenPD-L1-mFc (PD-L1 Sequence No. NP_054862.1, 19aa-238aa) was added at aworking concentration of 0.5 µg/mL, co-incubated and reacted in athermostatic incubator at 37° C. for 60 min. The plate was washed 4times with PBST; then added 1:5000 diluted HRP-anti-mouse Fc(Cat.:115-035-071, Jackson Immuno Research) thereto, reacted for 45 min,and added TMB (Beijing Taitianhe Biology, Cat.: ME142) substrate todevelop color for 15 min. After adding 2 M HCl to stop the reaction, theplate was read and recorded about the absorbance value of A450nm-630nmof the well plate by a reader taking 630 nm as the reference wavelength,and 450 nm as the detection wavelength. The results showed (FIG. 5 )that hzF2 could effectively block the binding of recombinant human PD-L1to its receptor PD-1, with a half effective inhibitory concentration(IC50) of 4.3 nM.

Example 8. Evaluation of Cell Blocking Activity by PD-1 and PD-L1Reporter Gene Method

The blocking effect of hzF2 on the PD-1 and PD-L1 pathway was assayed bythe Reporter Gene Assay (RGA) using Jurkat-PD1-NFAT cells andCHO-PD-L1-CD3L cells. The details were as follows: CHO-PD-L1-CD3L cellsin the logarithmic growth phase were adjusted to a cell density of S×10⁵cells/ml, plated at 100 µl/well, and placed overnight. Antibody sampleswere stepwise pre-diluted to 20 µg/mlwith culture medium, and thendiluted in 2-fold gradient for a total of 10 points. The diluted sampleswere added at 50 µl/wel to the cells cultured overnight. At the sametime, Jurkat-PD1-NFAT cells at a concentration of 2×10⁶ cells/ml wereadded at 50 µl/well. The plate was incubated in a cell incubator for 6h. An appropriate amount of Bio-Glo™ Luciferase substrate was taken out1~2 hours in advance and thawed, then placed at room temperature in thedark. The cell plate was taken out from the incubator, equilibrated toroom temperature (about 10-15 min), added Bio-Glo™ Luciferase substrateat 100 µl/well. The cell plate was placed in a microplate thermostaticshaker, and incubated in the dark at 800 rpm for 20 min. Themulti-function microplate reader was set to Luminescence mode, selecting500 for Integration (the default value of the instrument), and readingthe RLU. SoftMax software was used to analyze the data, taking thesample concentrations as the X-axis and the RLU average detection valuesas the Y-axis,and selecting a four-parameter equation to draw a standardcurve. According to the EC₅₀value of the curve fitting results of thereference sample and the test sample, the relative biological activityof the test sample was calculated. The results were shown in FIG. 6 .The blocking activity of hzF2 on PD-L1 and PD-1 was substantiallycomparable to that of KN035, with EC50 of hzF2 being 5.45 nM; and EC50of KN035 being 4.90 nM, respectively.

Example 9: Determination of the Half-Life of hzF2 in Mice

Healthy female 5-week-old nude mice, grouped into three mice per group,were injected with the antibody through the tail vein at a single doseof 15 mg/kg. 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, 24 h, 48 h, 96 h, 144 h, 196 h after theadministration, tail vein blood samples were collected respectively,centrifuged to separate serum, and stored at -20° C., for study thepharmacokinetic properties of the antibody. After the collection of allblood samples was completed, the following procedure was performed. A96-well enzyme-linked plate was coated by PD-L1-His (Sequence No.NP_054862.1, 19aa-238aa) at 0.5 µg/ml, 100 µl/well, and placed overnightat 4° C., then washed 3 times with PBS. The plate was added 5% BSA PBS,and blocked at 37° C. for 60 min, washed 3 times with PBST; then addedserum samples to be tested (10,000-fold dilution, 20.000-fold dilution)and standard to set hzF2 standard curve wells (initial concentration of0.05 µg/mL, 2-fold serial dilution, 12 dilution gradients), incubated at37° C. for 60 min, washed 4 times with PBST; added 1:5000 dilutedHRP-goat anti-human IgG (Fcr) (Cat.: 109-035-098, Jackson ImmunoResearch), incubated at 37° C. for 40 min, washed 4 times with PBST;added TMB substrate (Cat.: ME142, Beijing Taitianhe Biotechnology Co.,Ltd.) for color development. After incubating at 37° C. for 10 min, theplate was added 2 M HCl to stop the reaction, then read and recordedabout the absorbance value of A450 nm-630 nm of the well plate by areader taking 630 nm as the reference wavelength, and 450 nm as thedetection wavelength. Time-antibody concentration curve was plotted,taking the concentrations of the standard antibody as the Y-axis and theOD values as the X-axis, and linear fitting was performed. The drughalf-life T _(½) was T _(½)=|0.693/k|, which was calculated according tothe equation.

The final results (FIG. 7 ) showed that under the present conditions,the in vivo half-life of hzF2 in mice was 83.1 hours, suggesting thathzF2 had good in-vivo half-life and stability.

Example 10: Detection of Antitumor Efficacy of hzF2 in a Murine ColonCancer Model Using Human PD-L1 Transgenic Mice SubcutaneouslyAllografted with MC38-hPDL1

The murine colon cancer cell line MC38-hPDL1 with high expression ofhuman PDL1 was inoculated to the subcutaneous site of the right anteriorrib of female B6-hPDL1 mice (PD-L1 humanized mice with gene backgroundof C57). When the tumor grew to about 100 mm³, the mice were groupedinto hzF2, KN035 or isotype control IgG groups, and administered saiddrugs at a dose of 10 mg/kg, twice a week, totally administered 6 times.The tumor volume and body weight were measured upon each administration,and the relationships between the changes of the body weight and thetumor volume of the tumor-bearing mice and the administration time wererecorded. At the end of the experiment, the tumor-bearing mice wereeuthanized, and the tumors were removed, weighed, and photographed. Thetumor volume ratio (T/C) and the tumor growth inhibition rate (1-T/C) ofthe treatment group relative to the control group were calculated andstatistically analyzed. The results showed that the test drug hzF2effectively inhibited tumor growth (FIG. 8 , FIG. 9 ).

The Amino Acid and Nucleotide Sequences Relevant to the Application Areas Follows

SEQ ID NO.1: Variable region amino acid sequence of the camel-derivedsingle variable domain antibody VHH-F2

QVQLQESGGGSVQTGGSLRLACAVSRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGREGVA IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISQDNAKNTLFLQMNSLKPEDSAMYYCATV WCGSWVARSFGQGTQVTVSS

wherein

-   heavy chain CDR1 amino acid (SEQ ID NO.43): RDSDDGASCMG-   heavy chain CDR2 amino acid (SEQ ID NO.44): IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG-   heavy chain CDR3 amino acid (SEQ ID NO.45): VWCGSWVARS

SEQ ID NO.2: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the camel-derivedsingle variable domain antibody VHH-F2

CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTCGGTGCAGACTGGAGGGTCTCTGAGACTCGCCTGTGCAGTCTCTAGAGACAGTGACGACGGTGCCAGCTGTATGGGGTGGTTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCGCGAGGGGGTCGCAATCATTTTTAATGCTGGTGAACGTACCGACTATGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCCAAGACAACGCCAAGAACACGCTGTTTCTACAAATGAACAGCCTGAAACCTGAGGACAGTGCCATGTACTATTGTGCGACAGTTTGGTGTGGTTCTTGGGTCGCGCGTTCTTTCGGCCAGGGGACCCAGGTCAC CGTCTCCTCA

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 nucleotide: AGAGACAGTGACGACGGTGCCAGCTGTATGGGG-   heavy chain CDR2 nucleotide:    ATCATTTTTAATGCTGGTGAACGTACCGACTATGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGC-   heavy chain CDR3 nucleotide: GTTTGGTGTGGTTCTTGGGTCGCGCGTTCT

SEQ ID NO.3: Full-length amino acid sequence of the chimeric singlevariable domain antibody chF2

QVQLQESGGGSVQTGGSLRLACAVSRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGREGVA IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISQDNAKNTLFLQMNSLKPEDSAMYYCATVWCGSWVARSFGQGTQVTVSSASEPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSL SPG

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 amino acid: RDSDDGASCMG-   heavy chain CDR2 amino acid: IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG-   heavy chain CDR3 amino acid: VWCGSWVARS

SEQ ID NO.4: Full-length nucleotide sequence of the chimeric singlevariable domain antibody chF2

CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTCGGTGCAGACTGGAGGGTCTCTGAGACTCGCCTGTGCAGTCTCTAGAGACAGTGACGACGGTGCCAGCTGTATGGGGTGGTTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCGCGAGGGGGTCGCAATCATTTTTAATGCTGGTGAACGTA CCGACTATGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCCAAGACAACGCCAAGAACACGCTGTTTCTACAAATGAACAGCCTGAAACCTGAGGACAGTGCCATGTACTATTGTGCGACAGTTTGGTGTGGTTCTTGGGTCGCGCGTTCTTTCGGCCAGGGGACCCAGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCGAGCCCAAATCTAGCGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCTCCATCTCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTATAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCT GTCCCCGGGT

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 nucleotide: AGAGACAGTGACGACGGTGCCAGCTGTATGGGG-   heavy chain CDR2 nucleotide:    ATCATTTTTAATGCTGGTGAACGTACCGACTATGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGC-   heavy chain CDR3 nucleotide: GTTTGGTGTGGTTCTTGGGTCGCGCGTTCT

SEQ ID NO.5: Amino acid sequence of KN035 variable region

QVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGKMSSRRCMAWFRQAPGKERERVAKLLTTSGSTYLADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAADSFEDPTCTLVTSSGAFQYWGQGTLVTVSS

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 amino acid: RRCMA-   heavy chain CDR2 amino acid: KLLTTSGSTYLADSVKG-   heavy chain CDR3 amino acid: DSFEDPTCTLVTSSGAFQY

SEQ ID NO.6: Nucleotide sequence of KN035 variable region

CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTGGCAAGATGTCCTCCAGACGGTGCATGGCCTGGTTCCGACAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGCGAGAGCGGGTGGCCAAGCTGCTGACCACCTCCGGCTCCACCTACCTGGCCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACTCCAAGAACACCGTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGCGAGCTGAGGACACCGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTGCAGACTCCTTCGAGGACCCCACCTGCACCCTGGTGACCTCCTCTGGAGCCTTCCAGTACTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGACCGTGTCCTCC

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 nucleotide: AGACGGTGCATGGCC-   heavy chain CDR2 nucleotide:    AAGCTGCTGACCACCTCCGGCTCCACCTACCTGGCCGACTCCGTGAAGGGA-   heavy chain CDR3 nucleotide:    GACTCCTTCGAGGACCCCACCTGCACCCTGGTGACCTCCTCTGGAGCCTTCCAGTAC

SEQ ID NO.7: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanized singlevariable domain antibody hzF2

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVA IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 amino acid: RDSDDGASCMG-   heavy chain CDR2 amino acid: IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG-   heavy chain CDR3 amino acid: VWCGSWVARS

SEQ ID NO.8: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanized singlevariable domain antibody hzF2

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 nucleotide: CGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGC-   heavy chain CDR2 nucleotide:    ATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGA-   heavy chain CDR3 nucleotide: GTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCC

SEQ ID NO.9: Full length amino acid sequence of the humanized singlevariable domain antibody hzF2

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATVWCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSSASEPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCWVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLS PG

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 amino acid: RDSDDGASCMG-   heavy chain CDR2 amino acid: IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKG-   heavy chain CDR3 amino acid: VWCGSWVARS

SEQ ID NO.10: Full length nucleotide sequence of the humanized singlevariable domain antibody hzF2

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGACCGTGTCCTCCGCTAGCGAGCCCAAATCTAGCGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCTCCATCTCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTATAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTG TCCCCGGGT

wherein:

-   heavy chain CDR1 nucleotide:

CGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGC

-   heavy chain CDR2 nucleotide:

ATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGG A

-   heavy chain CDR3 nucleotide:

GTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCC

SEQ ID NO.11: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m1

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASSMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVA IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WSGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.12: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m2

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVA IIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.13: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m3

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSSSGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.14: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m4

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSNDGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.15: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m5

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDAASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.16: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m6

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.17: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m7

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDSASCMGWFRQAPGKGLEGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.18: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m8

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.19: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m9

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.20: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m10

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV YCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.21: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m11

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV YCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.22: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m12

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV WCGSWVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.23: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m13

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDDGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNAGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV FCGSFVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.24: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m14

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV YCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.25: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m15

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV FCGSYVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.26: Variable region amino acid sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m16

EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASRDSDEGASCMGWFRQAPGKEREGVAIIFNVGERTDYGDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCATV FCGSFVARSWGQGTLVTVSS

SEQ ID NO.27: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m1

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCAGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTCCGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.28: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m2

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTGGAGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.29: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m3

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCAGCAGCGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.30: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m4

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCAACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.31: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m5

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGCTGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.32: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m6

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.33: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m7

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACTCTGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.34: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m8

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGTGGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.35: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m9

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.36: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m10

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTACTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.37: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m11

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTACTGTGGCTCCTACGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.38: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m12

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGTGGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTGGTGTGGCTCCTGGGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.39: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m13

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGACGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGCTGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTTCTGTGGCTCCTTCGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.40: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m14

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGTGGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTACTGTGGCTCCTACGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.41: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m15

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGTGGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTTCTGTGGCTCCTACGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

SEQ ID NO.42: Variable region nucleotide sequence of the humanizedsingle variable domain antibody hzF2-m16

GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGTGGCCTGGTGCAGCCTGGAGGCTCCCTGAGGCTGTCCTGCGCTGCCTCTCGGGACTCCGACGAGGGAGCCTCCTGCATGGGCTGGTTCAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGAGAGAGAGGGAGTGGCCATCATCTTCAACGTGGGCGAGCGGACCGACTACGGCGACTCCGTGAAGGGACGGTTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCTACCGTGTTCTGTGGCTCCTTCGTGGCTCGGTCCTGGGGACAGGGCACCCTGGTGAC CGTGTCCTCC

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the presentinvention, but the protection scopes of the present invention are notlimited to these. Any changes or variations that can be readilyconceived by those skilled in the art and within the technical scopesdisclosed by the present invention shall be covered within theprotection scopes of the present invention. Therefore, the protectionscopes of the present invention should be those claimed in the claims.

1. An anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody, characterized in thatCDR1-CDR3 in a variable region of the single variable domain antibodyare shown as SEQ ID NOs: 43-45 respectively.
 2. The anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody according to claim 1, characterized in that thesingle variable domain antibody has no constant region or has 1-3 heavychain constant regions.
 3. The anti-PD-L1 single variable domainantibody according to any one of claims 1-2, characterized in that theamino acid sequence of the variable region of the single variable domainantibody is shown as SEQ ID NO:
 1. 4. An anti-PD-L1 single variabledomain antibody, characterized in that the single variable domainantibody is a human-camel chimeric single variable domain antibody,comprising the variable region of the single variable domain antibodyaccording to any one of claims 1-3 and human heavy chain constantregions.
 5. The anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according toclaim 4, characterized in that the chimeric single variable domainantibody has the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:3.
 6. Ananti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody, characterized in that thesingle variable domain antibody is humanized, and the variable region ofthe single variable domain antibody is obtained by humanizing thevariable region of the single variable domain according to any one ofclaims 1-3.
 7. The anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody accordingto claim 6, characterized in that the variable region of the singlevariable domain antibody has the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ IDNO:7.
 8. The anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according toclaim 6 or 7, characterized in that the single variable domain antibodyhas the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:9.
 9. An anti-PD-L1single variable domain antibody, characterized in that the singlevariable domain antibody is a mutated anti-PD-L1 humanized singlevariable domain antibody, which is produced by mutating CDRs in thevariable region of anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody accordingto any of claims 6-8 by 1, 2, 3 or 4 amino acid residues; and themutated anti-PD-L1 humanized single variable domain antibody at leastpartially retains the specific binding ability to PD-L1.
 10. Theanti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to claim 9,characterized in that the variable region of the single variable domainantibody is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 11-26. 11.A composition comprising one or more anti-PD-L1s selected from the groupconsisting of the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibodies accordingto any one of claims 1-10.
 12. The composition according to claim 11,further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and used as apharmaceutical composition, preferably the pharmaceutical composition isin the form of a liquid formulation, an injection formulation, or apowder injection formulation.
 13. Use of an antibody or a fragmentthereof for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment ofabnormal proliferative diseases, characterized in that the antibody isselected from the group consisting of the anti-PD-L1 single variabledomain antibody according to any one of claims 1-10.
 14. The useaccording to claim 13, characterized in that the abnormal proliferativediseases comprise tumors, preferably melanoma, non-small cell lungcancer, head and neck squamous carcinoma, kidney cancer, colon cancerand the like.
 15. Use of an antibody or a fragment thereof,characterized in that the antibody is selected from the group consistingof the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody according to any oneof claims 1-10, for the manufacture of a multispecific antibody or atargeted antibody-drug.
 16. A polynucleotide encoding the anti-PD-L1single variable domain antibody according to any one of claims 1-10. 17.A vector comprising the polynucleotide according to claim
 16. 18. A hostcell comprising the polynucleotide according to claim 16 or the vectoraccording to claim
 17. 19. A method for preparing an anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody, comprising the steps of: (1) Culturing thehost cell according to claim 18 under conditions suitable for expressingthe recombinant anti-PD-Ll single variable domain antibody; (2)Isolating and purifying the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibodyfrom the cell culture.
 20. A method for preventing or treating abnormalproliferative diseases, characterized in that administering to a subjectin need thereof an effective amount of the anti-PD-L1 single variabledomain antibody according to any one of claims 1-10, the compositionaccording to any one of claims 11-12, the multispecific antibody or thetargeted antibody-drug according to claim
 15. 21. A method fordiagnosing or evaluating the development and progress of abnormalproliferative diseases in a subject, characterized in that contacting asample from the subject to be detected with the anti-PD-L1 singlevariable domain antibody according to any one of claims 1-10, thecomposition according to any one of claims 11-12, the multispecificantibody or the targeted antibody-drug according to claim
 15. 22. Amethod for predicting or evaluating the therapeutic effect of aPD-1/PD-L1 antagonist on a subject suffering from an abnormalproliferative disease, characterized in that detecting the expressionstatus of PD-L1 in the subject by using an agent selected from the groupconsisting of the anti-PD-L1 single variable domain antibody accordingto any one of claims 1-10, the composition according to any one ofclaims 11-12, the multispecific antibody or the targeted antibody-drugaccording to claim
 15. 23. The method according to any one of claims20-22, characterized in that the abnormal proliferative diseasescomprises tumors, particularly tumors associated with PD-1/PD-L1signaling pathway.
 24. The method according to claim 24, wherein thetumors comprise melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and necksquamous carcinoma, kidney cancer, colon cancer and the like.